Activism

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Tense Calm at Council Chambers, mornnig session April 5, 2017

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
After weeks of disruptive city council meetings, an uneasy calm settled in for yesterday’s morning session. Many of the citizen activists are frustrated by, among other things, a lack of transparency at city hall and this informs their evolving tactics. Instead of disrupti... Read more

Non-Violent Protest Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Alycee Lane from The Article 20 Network to KBOO.   Alycee is an Oakland, California-based writer and author of Coming in From the Cold, a blog exploring political issues through the prism of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence. ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 3, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker is the host of this episode of the Old Mole, and it includes these segments: Union Activist Mark Dudzic talks with Bill Resnick about Medicare for all and the role of Unions in making it happen.  Laurie Mercier and Thomas A. Saenz discuss the intensification o... Read more

The Plot to Kill King

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the... Read more

Gandhian Nonviolence Today

Airs at: Tue, 04/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  As protests and demonstrations continue around the world, once again the relevance of the strategies and tactics of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance arise. What are we to do when faced with injustice? Look away? Or resist? Are sit-ins, blockades and boycotts ... Read more

Uhuru Sasa Talent Show 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On March 14, 2017 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  Tonight you’ll hear rap, acoustic, and original work performed by the men at OSP.     Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a Club by an... Read more

Transformation & Success After Prison

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Anna Debenham.  Anna works with prisoners at the Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland as a life skills educator in collaboration with Phoenix Rising Transition Services.  They have created a series of programs for prisoners that are... Read more

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Airs at: Sun, 04/02/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Part one of our coverage of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference, with SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth and Deputy Director Stacia Cosner, plus Nazlee Maghsoudi with the International Center for Science in Drug Policy. Students for Sensible Drug Policy   Read more

And the winner is . . .

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday! After all Sixty-Four songs (culled from nearly 300) duked it out tournament style over the past few weeks, last night we crowned her signature song which so bravely illuminated the horrors of lynchings, our SAD, SAD Champion, the Ultimate... Read more

Inner City Blues Festival

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2017 at 5:30pm - Sun, 04/23/2017 at 12:00am
Health Care for All-Oregon, once again presents the Inner City Blues Festival (click for more info and/or to get involved), and KBOO once again brings you all the music LIVE! Music starts at 5:30pm and will not quit until midnight, with performers including, but not limite... Read more